OnePlus Open First Impressions: It’s Finally Here!
Smartphone technology moves at a blistering pace, at least, on the Android side of things. Folding smartphones has been out for several years, but Samsung has been the face of it in India even though brands like Motorola, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi have also been experimenting with this category. It's only over the past two years that we have started seeing some of the Chinese clamshell foldables getting launched in India. This is mainly because Samsung has been the only smartphone brand to bring every single foldable model it announced globally, to India.
Another smartphone brand which has been making headway into the premium segment for a while now is OnePlus. The Chinese smartphone maker has time and again proved that it can offer immense value with its products, but has always shied away from the ultra-premium (Rs. 80,000 onwards) smartphone segment. So, what happens when a brand as competitive as OnePlus comes up with a foldable? I've been using the OnePlus Open for over a week and here's why I think it's a solid rival to Samsung in this segment in India.
The OnePlus Open is quite skinny and light
The OnePlus Open sure looks the part and makes a solid first impression when you hold it. I received the Voyager Black version with a faux-leather textured back and a slate-grey matte finished frame which instantly reminded me of retro-looking, premium compact cameras. The large, cookie-sized camera protrusion around the back (which is almost as thick as the phone when unfolded) is a proper indicator that OnePlus is serious about this foldable's cameras. And if that's not enough, there's a Hasselblad ‘H' logo branded onto the raised camera module to reiterate its seriousness on the same.
The overall design is quite modern and
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